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Paul Adey (born August 28, 1963) is a former ice hockey player and coach. Adey enjoyed a notable playing career in
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, playing 11 seasons for the
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between 1988 and 1999 and 29 games for the
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during the 2000–01 season. His number 22 jersey is retired by the Panthers and he is a member of the
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.


Playing career

Born in
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,
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, Canada, Adey joined the
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in the
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in 1981 at the age of 18, moving to the
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in 1983. His professional career began in International Hockey League with the
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before he moved to the
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. After three seasons he moved to the
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before moving to
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in 1988. He began the 1988–89 season with
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side
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but in October joined the Nottingham Panthers in the
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. He played for the club for the next 11 seasons, finishing as the top point scorer on five occasions and setting club records for goals, assists, and points, surpassing the records previously held by
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. Adey helped the team to the Playoff Championship in his first season and won four
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winners medals with the team. Adey departed for Italy in 1999 having scored 828 goals, 781 assists and 1,609 points in 609 appearances for the Panthers. In 2000–01 Adey was a mid-season signing for Nottingham's archrivals, the Sheffield Steelers. He scored 11 goals and earned 12 assists in 29 games for the Steelers, helping the club to a Grand Slam of all four cups. He retired from playing at the end of the 2000–01 season. However, whilst coaching, he played as an injury cover twice in the 2001–02 season and once in the 2003–04 season.


Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player in 2001, Adey returned to Nottingham as a coach under director of hockey
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. In 2002 he assumed the role of head coach after Dampier's dismissal. Adey presided over the Panthers for three seasons, leading the club the
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in 2004, their first trophy since 1998. Following the 2004–05 season, Adey's contract was not renewed. In the summer of 2006 he became the head coach of Italian side Renon Ritten. He was retained for the 2007–08 season. He became coach of the
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in the
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for the 2013–2014 season, and helped bring them the League Cup and to the final of the
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and the playoffs. He also won coach of the year that season. However, there was a lot of controversy when he was not retained to be coach in the following season. A statement released by Belfast Giants said 'that Adey and general manager Todd Kelman had failed to come to an agreement for next season and mutually decided to part ways'. Fans were shocked by this move by Kelman and the controversy continued when Kelman then left his general manager role at the Giants to buy the Cardiff Devils for the next season.


Awards

* Named to the ISL All-star first team 1997 and 199

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in 2003. * Inducted to the
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in 2006.


Records

* All-time points record for
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with 1609.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


Coaching career


References

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British Hockey Hall of Fame



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